Matt and Zen Law Legal Limited
Matt + Zen Law Limited (M&Z) is a boutique law office based in Auckland with international connections and affiliations from Australia to Asia, including Singapore, Malaysia, India through to the U.K, America and The Netherlands.
We will work with you for the best outcome and are an affordable and accessible law firm which will provide private and confidential legal advice.
Commercial, Contract, Company + Civil Law
Residential, Commercial + Property Law
Real Estate
Unit Titles
Construction + Building Law
Employment Law
Immigration Law + Criminal Matters
Human Rights
International Law, Public + Government Sector Experience
We are able to provide many of our legal services on a fixed-fee basis. Please contact us for high quality legal advice.
Real Estate
- Buying or Selling Your House (lawyers who can buy and sell your property on a fee basis)
- Residential Housing
- Strata Properties + Unit Titles
- Subdivisions
- Vacant Land
- Commercial + Industrial
- Referrals for Finance
- Collective Housing
- Resource Management
- Governance Bodies
- Property Management
- Natural Resources
- Real Estate
- Commercial
- Trusts
- Overseas Investment Office
- Joint Ventures + Development
- Construction + Building Law
- Insurance
- Government, Local Council, Customary Law and Pacifica land matters
- Real Estate Complaints
- Experience with the Real Estate Authority Tribunal (real estate agents and/or vendors and purchasers)
- Mediation + Dispute Resolution
- Provides advice on land purchases overseas
Immigration
- Complex immigration matters
- Successful appeals to the Immigration Protection Tribunal
- Successful appeals for Ministerial Intervention
- Special cases under s61 of the Immigration Act 2009
- Request to the Ombudsman
- Potentially Prejudicial Information response to Immigration New Zealand
- 2021 Residence Visa
- Student Visa
- Visitor Visa
- Work Visa
- Skilled Migrant Visa
- Work to Residence Visa
- Family Categories
- Refugee Asylum
- Migrant Investment to obtain residence in NZ (Investor plus $10 million and investor $1.5 million and $1 million)
- Entrepreneur Residence Category $500,000
- Entrepreneur Work Visa
- Long-term Business Visa
- Temporary Retirement Category for people 66yrs and over
- Religious Visa
- Multi-lingual (English, European Continental, American Spanish, Portuguese, Asian Continental, Chinese, Hindi, Urdi, Russian, Bengali, Arabic, Pasifica, Niuean, Cook Island, Tokelauan, Samoan, Tongan, Fijian, + Tuvaluan)
- Familiar with International Law + Covenants
- Embassy + Consulate experience
- High Court experience + appearances
Employment
- Employers + Employee Services
- Labour Inspectors
- Employment Court
- Employment Relations Authority
- Dealing with Labour Inspectors
- Representing clients at the Employment Relations Authority
- Representing clients at the Employment Mediation
- Employment Mediation (Ministry of Business, Innovation + Employment)
- Employment Disputes
- Early Resolution Service
- Allegations of Misconduct
- Employment Agreements
- Covid-19 + Employment
- Human Resources (HR) + Personnel
- Human Rights
- Assisting Employers + Employees
- Advice before signing an Employment Agreement
- Drafting + Negotiating Employment Contracts
- Unfair Dismissal Cases
- Dismissal during a 90 Day Trial Period
- Personal grievances
- Facilitation Mediation to solve Employment Issues
- Redundancies + Business Structure
- Employer not paying wage arrears
- Holiday Pay Matters
- Dealing with difficult Employees
- Welfare Law
- Insurance
Public + Government Sector
- Sound knowledge of the mechanics of Government
- Parliamentary Experience
- Public + Administrative Law
- Law Reform
- Assisting Individuals + Stakeholders to prepare select committee submissions
- NZ Bill of Rights
- Human Rights
- International Law + Covenants
- Request for information to the Ombudsman
- Experience working as a Senior Solicitor with the New Zealand Law Reform Commission + Human Rights Commission
- Experience working with Parliamentary Counsel office drafting bills + legislation
- Awareness of the Domestic + International Political Landscape + Relations
- Facilitating Domestic + International Trade via Public + Private partnerships + the third sector
- Facilitating overseas migrants with New Zealand businesses
- Assisting expatriates who have taken residence in a country outside their home country, either independently or sent abroad by their Employers
- Local Council experience + resolving disputes
Commercial, Contract, Company + Civil Law
- Provision of legal advice that governs business activity
- Commercial Law + People in businesses engaged in trade, sales and commerce including e-commerce
- Consumer protection + contract
- The law of contract
- Assisting to draft and analyse business contracts
- Assisting to draft company constitutions, interpreting the Company’s Act
- Providing advice on public companies
- Providing advice on disputes between individuals in business, between neighbours and debt recovery
Other Services
- We can either help or refer you to a chartered accountant, tax advisor, insurance advisor, business startup professional, succession advisor, property management and/or rental services, financial services and/or trusted building providers.
- We can assist with overseas language translation + document translation
Profile
Ann-Margaret (Anne) Broughton
Principal Lawyer
BA (Hons), Social Policy, LLM (Hons), LLB, New Zealand Real Estate Certificate Skills, Alumni Canterbury University, Qualified for doctorate programme)
Contact Us
Office & Postal :2/184 Symonds Street, Auckland 1023
Contact number: +(64) 21-622-609
Email: info@mattandzenlaw.co.nz
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Matt + Zen Law Limited is incorporated in New Zealand (incorporation number 8251235, NZBN 9429049997545). Matt + Zen Law and logos are trademarks of Matt and Zen Law Legal Limited. © Matt and Zen Law Legal Limited 2021. All rights reserved.